Elastic material.



W. J. TEUFEL.

ELASTIC MATERIAL.

APPLICATION FILED DEU.19,1911.

1,085, 1 O7. Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

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ELASTIC MATERIAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

Application filed December 19, 1911. Serial No. 666,765.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILIIEmL JULIUS T sUrEL, subject of the Emperor ofGermany, residing at Stuttgart, Germany, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Elastic Material, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a so-called selfelastic material that is tosay to a material which is woven without the use of rubber threads insuch manner that it shall be very extensible, which material owing toits special method of weaving is particularly useful for variouspurposes, for instance, for underwear, ladies blouses, band ages or thelike.

The invention consists chiefly in the material being woven. in a wellknown manner with perforations, or open Work rows, which can be arrangedin accordance with any desired pattern, and in one of the two twistedselvage threads arrangedon each side of the perforation, being twistedto the right, while the other one is twisted to the left the two threadson each side of the openwork being cross woven as clearly shown in thedrawing. This method can be used both in plain and in crape or the likeself elastic substances.

The new material is particularly adapted for use for bandages, since ithas excellent stretching qualities in the direction of its length,without corresponding contraction in width. Bandages according to thisinvention can be woven either to the width re quired for use, or theymay be cut from a wider fabric.

I declare that what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A self elastic rubberless Woven fabric comprising alternate warp threadstightly twisted in the same direction and intermediate warp threadstightly twisted in the opposite direction, and having suitably spacedopenwork, each row of openwork being bounded on each side by a selvageformed by cross weaving the two edge threads.

In testimony whereof, I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILHELM JULIUS TEUFEL.

Witnesses:

Ronnn'r C. Benson, A. SCHMIDT.

